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Best Picture Series — Gigi (1958) Review

7/8/2025

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Evan D.

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As a project this year we are taking a trip through time to revisit all of the Best Picture winners in history, Wings to Anora. Gigi is the thirty-first film in that series, to see all the other Best Picture reviews, click here.

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Best Picture Series — The BRidge on the River Kwai (1957) Review

7/8/2025

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Evan D. 

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As a project this year we are taking a trip through time to revisit all of the Best Picture winners in history, Wings to Anora. The Bridge on the River Kwai is the thirtieth film in that series, to see all the other Best Picture reviews, click here.

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Families Deserve Better than Remakes

6/17/2025

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Evan D.

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Iconic in animation, imitation in live action
In the last month two beloved animation films from the directing duo of Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois have found their way back onto big screens in the form of live action remakes. Both (the original) Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon represent, in this reviewers opinion, the best films of their respective studios in the 21st century and now both are raking in cash with a new generation. Neither remake is especially good and their varied approaches to adaptation gave us a pretty good picture of how the whole live action remake trend is a lose-lose for consumers. 

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Best Picture Series — Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) Review

6/17/2025

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Evan D.

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As a project this year we are taking a trip through time to revisit all of the Best Picture winners in history, Wings to Anora. Around the World in Eighty Days is the twenty-ninth film in that series, to see all the other Best Picture reviews, click here.

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The Life Of Chuck Review

6/13/2025

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Stephen King hated Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of the The Shining. His comments about the film and its director have softened somewhat over the years but I think a lot about that response in comparison to the praise he lavishes on far less essential adaptations of his work. On the screen King requires an expert translator of his writing. Someone who can take the ideas and themes from the stories and dig deeper or realize them more fully. Frank Darabont did this when he directed the ever enduring The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. Like it or not, Kubrick is one of those visionaries. After Doctor Sleep and now The Life of Chuck, it is becoming increasingly apparent that Mike Flanagan simply is not that translator.

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Best Picture Series — Marty (1955) Review

6/6/2025

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Evan D.

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As a project this year we are taking a trip through time to revisit all of the Best Picture winners in history, Wings to Anora. Marty is the twenty-eighth film in that series, to see all the other Best Picture reviews, click here.

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Best Picture Series — On the Waterfront (1954) Review

6/4/2025

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Evan D.

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As a project this year we are taking a trip through time to revisit all of the Best Picture winners in history, Wings to Anora. On The Waterfront is the twenty-seventh film in that series, to see all the other Best Picture reviews, click here.

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Best Picture Series — From Here to Eternity (1953) Review

5/30/2025

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Evan D. 

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As a project this year we are taking a trip through time to revisit all of the Best Picture winners in history, Wings to Anora. From Here to Eternity is the twenty-sixth film in that series, to see all the other Best Picture reviews, click here.

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Best Picture Series — The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) Review

5/27/2025

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Evan D.

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As a project this year we are taking a trip through time to revisit all of the Best Picture winners in history, Wings to Anora. The Greatest Show on Earth is the twenty-fifth film in that series, to see all the other Best Picture reviews, click here.

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Best Picture Series — An American in Paris (1951) Review

5/22/2025

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Evan D.

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As a project this year we are taking a trip through time to revisit all of the Best Picture winners in history, Wings to Anora. An American in Paris is the twenty-fourth film in that series, to see all the other Best Picture reviews, click here.

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